richard schwerdt



(No Model.)

SALE GARD POR BUTTONS.

No. 481,832. Patented Aug. 30, 1892.-

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CHARLES F. G. RICHARD SOHI/VERDT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SALE-CARD FOR BUTTONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,832, dated August 30, 1892.

Application iled January 8, 1892. Serial No. 417,399. (No model.) Patented in England Noi'emher 11, 1891, No. 19,510 g in France November 25, 1891, No. 217,660; in Switzerland January 22, 1892, No. 4,419, and in Italy February 6, 1892,

LXI, 127.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES FRANCIS GEORGE RICHARD SCHWERDT, a citizen of` erwise fastened on cards in dozens or multiple dozens or in other numbers. When only a few of them are Wanted for use or for sale, the card has to be out, in order to separate the number required from the rest. As the thread by which the articles are stitched on the card is continuous, the act of cutting 0E a group would by severing the thread liberate all the others, unless this were provided against, as it is frequently done by pasting paper over the threads at the back, so as to prevent them from becoming all loosened when the thread is cut. This, however, is objectionable, because the damp resulting from the pasting seriously damages the buttons or other articles, especially when they are of a delicate character.

This invention has for its object to facilitate the separation of a dozen, a half-dozen, orother predetermined number of the articles from the card without disturbing the rest. For this purpose I perforate the card with numerous small holes close together in lines, which may extend lengthwise or crosswise or in both directions between rows of the buttons or other articles, and in stitching these on the cards I take care that each group of them which is bounded by lines of perforations shall have its own stitching-thread fastened oif without being continued to another group. Thus a dozen, a half dozen, or other group of the articles, as determined by the lines of perforations, can be readily torn o from the card, leaving the others fixed thereon.

The liiies of perforations may be formed in various directions and positions, as indicated in the accompanying drawings, showing various examples of cards perforated according to my invention. In all cases there are lines of perforations A extending around the whole group of articles on the card; but the lines of perforations terminate remote from the edges of the card to provide a surrounding imperforate or solid rim.

In Figs. 1 and 2 there is a single transverse line B or longitudinal line O separating two groups, each containing a dozen. In Fig. 3 there are both the transverse line B and the longitudinal line C separating four groups, each of half a dozen, the like division being effected, as shown in Fig. 4, by three longitudinal lines O, or, as shown in Fig. 5, by a transverse line D, somewhat inclined, and two diagonal lines E, or, as shown in Fig. 6, by a diagonal line F and two partly-transverse lines G. It will be observed that the lines of perforations do not extend entirely to the edges of the card, so that a surrounding imperforate or solid rim of card-board is provided. If the lines of perforations were carried entirely across the cards, there would be a tendency, especially in the case of heavy buttons, for the cards to break apart at the lines of perforations; but this objection is entirely avoided by providing the surrounding imperforate or solid rim or margin.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and the best means I know of carrying it out practically, I claim- A sale-card for buttons, having lines of pertwo subscribing Witnesses, this 22d day of Deforations terminating remote from the edges eember, A. D. 1891.

of the card to provide a surrounding imper- C. F. G. RICHARD SCHWERDT. forate or solid rim, said perforations bound- Witnesses: 5 ing groups of the buttons, and the buttons of OLIVER IMRAY,

each group being stitched to the card inde- Patent Agent, 28 Souhampon Buildings,

pendently of the buttons in other groups, London, W. U.

substantially as and for the purposes de- JNO. P. M. MILLARD,

scribed. Clerk to Messrs. Abel a@ Immy, O'onsuling 1o In testimony whereof I have signed my Engineers and .Patent Agents, 28 Southnarne to this specification, in the presence of ampzfon Buildings, London, W. O. 

